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P

paradigmatic perspective

studies how different words are grouped together into conceptual categories by wharing certain elements in their internal structure.

Parts of speech

Word classes established on the basis of similarities in meaning, function and internal structure.

phonetics

A branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds of speech.

pragmatics

A branch of linguistics that studies how language is used in different social contexts.

prefix

A type of affix placed at the beginning of a base word.

preposition

A part of speech that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word.

pronoun

A part of speech that is used to replace nouns.